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I’ve stopped wallowing in the “I feel so alone!” pity party I subjected myself to for the first month or two.

You don't know what you're getting into until you're in it; even now, I'm not so sure what I'm in.

"I thought, if these people are saying they can go to these places, maybe I can too." -- Lawrence Williams

"I produce 10 data points that completely undermine what everybody thinks they know about the archaeological record here. It was really important and really interesting, and almost nobody believed me." -Joan Brenner Coltrain

It's scary and exciting for exactly the same reason: The possibilities are endless.

"This idea of research was foreign to me. I'm sure that had it not been for that opportunity, I would not be a scientist today." --Wilfredo Colón

Some things must be worked through, and that takes time.

I think it makes sense for people who aren't satisfied to air their grievances, but it's important to do it constructively and strategically.

"I had no idea that there were other African-American woman astronomers until I hooked up with the National Society of Black Physicists during my master's degree." --Jarita Holbrook

“Our recent personal history teaches us that what we will most likely receive when we seek guidance is a swift kick in the pants.”

"We hear persistent reports of postdocs and other folks working on grants who are either forbidden to take maternity leave or told that if they do, they'll be fired." --Joan Williams

"Do I need to learn to rely on my own desires, the rest of the world be damned?"

"Suzanne is one of the hardest working scientists I know." --Patrick Phillips

I'm standing up a little straighter and taller than I used to, wobbling less and faking it less, and caring a little less what other people think.

Although I am a huge fan of the Internets (thank you, Senator Stevens), I am profoundly thrilled by what can happen when you talk to strangers, upside-down-face to upside-down-face, in a place such as a yoga class.

"I explained what I wanted to do. I warned that it would be different from what they were used to. Then I asked if they could help me. And they all agreed." --Rita Thornton

The chance to encourage more women to enter engineering is another reason she joined the University at Buffalo faculty.

Is it ineptitude or something worse?